Brake



F. C. FRANK Aug. 9, 1932.

BRAKE Filed June` zo, 195o R. mM. N E WR 1F C K m R E D ...L R F ATTORNEY ris " tue inner surface of the backing p Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED s'rii'rizsI PATENT ori-ICE FREDERICK C. FRANK, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA; ASSIGNOB TO BENDIX BRAKE COM- PANY, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION' OF ILLINOIS BRAKE Application mea :une so, raso. serial No. 434,748.

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A. further object of the invention is to provide a brake shoe having,l a reinforced shoulder, supporting' thrust rollers and a double 'lobe cam adapted to embrace the reinforcing members and to engage the thrust rollers, so that the shoe may be eiectively operated and at the same time guided by the cam.

@ther parts of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, which form a part of this speciiication, and in which:

Figure l is a vertical sectional View of a brake taken just back of the head of the drum showing the friction elements in elevation and illustrating the invention as applied;

Figure 2 is a sectional view substantially on line 2 2, Figure 1; and

Figure4 3 is a detailed View illustrating a reinforced shoulder of a friction element.

Referring to the drawing for more specific details of the invention` l0 represents a fixed support such as a backing plate having?` assciated therewith a rota-table drum This drum may be secured to a wheel, or any other rotatable member in any desirable manner,

Positioned in the backing plate are adjacent openings 14 and 16 and clam ed against ate is a re inorcing plate or stamping 18 provided with openings 20 and 22 registering with the openings lf and i6 respectively. This stamping has a perimetral flange 24 which lends strength and rigidity to the structure. provides an ideal reinforcement for an ancher pin 26 and a bracket 28 in which is positioned for rotation an operating shaft 30.

stood As shown, the anchor pin 26 has posin tioned thereon a sleeve 32 provided with a reduced end portion 34 on which is pivotally mounted one end of a brake shoe 36 beneath the head of the pin.

The pin has ay shoulder 38 which engages the face of .the stamping 18 and serves as an abutment for clamping the stamping 18 and the backing plate together between the shoulder` and a nut l0 on the outer end of the pin.

The stamping 18 is further secured in position by the bracket 28 supporting the operating shaft 30. This bracket comprises a shouldered sleeve which is slipped through the opening 14 in the backing plate and the opening 20 in the stamping. 18 and is provided with an upset flange@ which serves to rivet the stampingF 18 and the backing plate to-4 gether.

Thejshoe 36 has riveted. or otherwise *se-l' cured thereto a relatively short arm 44- which is pivotally connected to a shoe 46. rihe shoe 46 1s' provided with reinforcing angle plates 48 riveted or otherwise secured thereto and 'exten ding transversely through the shoe and the reinforcing plates' is a pin 50 having positioned thereon for rotation corresponding thrust rollers 52.' As shown, these thrust rollers are setback from the shouldered end of the shoe, the object of which will `hereinafter appeare The operating shaft 36, positioned for rotation in the bracket 28, carries a cani 54 hav ing oppositely disposed and corresponding lobes 56 embracing the reinforced end of thel shoe 46 and engaging the corresponding rollers 52, so that upon operation of the cam 54, the shoe is guided by the respective lobes 56 and since these lobes engage the thrust rollers 52, the shoe may be actuated and'guided simultaneously by the cam.

As shown, the shoes 36 and li6 are connected tas b a spring 58 and connecting the shoe 36 o t springs serve to return the shoes to an o position and to retain them in proper spaced relation to the drum.

ile a preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, it is to be underthat this is given merely as an example e backing plate is a spring 60. These means on the braket and anchor for secur-v 4the bracket and anchor including a. cupsha d plate secured to the backing plate by the racket and anchor.

2. A brake comprising a backing plate, a bracket for an operating shaft positioned thereon, an anchor positioned on the backing plate adjacent to the bracket, a reinforcing member forthe bracket and anchor includin a stamping having a perimetral flange an ing the stamping to the backing plate.

3. A brake comprising a backing plate, a. friction element positionedfor movement.

thereon, reinforcing members secured to the shouldered end of the friction element, thrust rollers positioned on the reinforcing members and spaced from the shouldered end thereof, an operating shaft positioned for rotation on the backing plate, a cam carried by the operating shaft, and corresponding and oppositely disposed integral lobes on the cam em racing the reinforcing members and engaging the thrust rollers.

4. A brake comprising a' backing late, a bracket supported on the backing p ate, an anchor on the backing plate adjacent to the bracket, means for reinforcing the bracket and the anchor including a stamping having a perimetral flange, a friction element'pivoted on the anchor, a reinforced shoulder on the friction element, corresponding and oppositely disposed thrust rollers on thevfriction element arranged in spaced relation from the end thereof, an operating shaft positioned for rotation in the bracket, a cam carried by the shaft, and corresponding spaced lobes on the cam embracing the end of the friction element and engaging the thrust rollers positioned thereon.

5. A brake comprisin a backing plate, a. flanged reinforcing mem er mounted thereon with its flange outstanding, and an anchor member passing through the backing plate and reinforcing member and securing them together.

6. A brake comprising a backing plate, a reinforcing plate having a peripheral flange mounted on the backing plate with its flange projecting away from the backing plate, and an anchor member passing through holes in the backin plate and reinforcing plate.

7. A bra e comprising a backing plate, a reinforcing plate having a peripheral flange In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

FREDERICK C. FRANK. 

